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Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

Central High School

Central High School was built in 1923. Lockewood-Greene and Company were the architects, and J.A. Jones Company was the contractor. Located at Elizabeth Avenue and Cecil Street (now Kings Drive) the school is now part of Central Piedmont Community College's campus. Physical Description: 10.30.03 Publisher: Unknown

First Presbyterian Church

Located on West Trade Street, First Presbyterian Church was organized in 1832. This building opened in 1895. 

ID Number: H_2000_01_264_34.

Image Year: 1975

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy

Category: Hornet's Nest

Format: Black and White

Image Negative: 1

Print: 1

Donor: Unknown

Copyright: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Publisher: Unknown

Photographer: Margaret Phillips

Wallace or Wallis House detail

A detail of the Wallis (Wallace) House.The Wallis or Wallace house was built around 1756. It was located on Albemarle Road, the house collapsed during an attempt to move the house to another site in the 1960s. Physical Description: 5x7 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Gem Restaurant

The Gem Restaurant was located in the Central Hotel at 7 South Tryon Street. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy. Not a good image. Publisher: Unknown

Ovens Auditorium

Ovens Auditorium and the first Charlotte Coliseum. Photograph taken on September 18, 1976.

ID Number: H_2000_01_265_35

Image Year: 1976

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy

Category: Hornet's Nest

Format: Black and White

Image Negative: 1

Print: 1

Donor: Margaret Phillips

Copyright: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Publisher: Unknown

Photographer: Margaret Phillips

Alexander Graham Junior High School on Morehead Street

Looking east past the intersection of Morehead Street and South Boulevard. The end of one wing of the D.H. Hill School can be seen at the corner. The rest of it extended southward on South Boulevard. The Alexander Graham Jr. High School stands just beyond it, running eastward along Morehead Street. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy. Publisher: Unknown

Tryon Street

Looking north from South Tryon and First Streets in the mid-1930s. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Vance Park

Vance Park was located on West Fourth and Mint Streets, behind the United States Post Office. This image was copied from Art Work in Charlotte, p. 49. The final 1905 Temperance Meetings in Charlotte, took place at this gazebo. Physical Description: 5x7 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Lake Norman

Lake Norman is North Carolina's largest man-made lake. It is thirty-five miles long and eight miles wide. Lake Norman is eighteen miles from Charlotte. 

ID Number: H_2000_01_266_36.jpg

Image Year: 1976

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy

Category: Hornet's Nest

Format: Black and White

Image Negative: 1

Print: 1

Donor: Margaret Phillips

Copyright: Publisher: 

UnknownPhotographer: 

Margaret Phillips

South Boulevard

Looking south on South Boulevard, past 1400 block of East Bland Street. The Duke Power bus garage is on the right. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown